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Google: What Happened to ‘Don’t Be Evil’?

(AP Photo/Michel Euler, File) The founders proclaimed their motto as ‘Don’t be evil’, which was typical of Silicon Valley’s decades-old techno-optimism. Stewart Brand, writing in Rolling Stone in 1972, claimed that once access to information became universal, it would turn us all into ‘computer bums, all more empowered as individuals and as cooperators’.…
bubmag
July 23, 2022
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'Don't be Google': The rise of privacy focused startups

Google dominates the analytics market with 57 per cent of all websites using its service, according to survey group W3Techs. — AFP pic PARIS, Feb 15 ― Google once used the slogan “don't be evil” to distinguish itself from its competitors, but now a growing number of pro-privacy startups are…
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February 15, 2022
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Ex-Google workers sue company, saying it betrayed ‘Don’t Be Evil’ motto

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November 29, 2021